Fula

The Fula, also known as the Fulani or Fulbe, are a Muslim people who inhabit West Africa and northern parts of Central Africa. The Fula people had Arabic and North African roots, and they adopted Islam early; they felt cultural and religious superiority to neighboring peoples, and they rose to dominance in West Africa as the Empire of Great Fulo from 1490 to 1776. The Fula would spread across Africa, and Fula world population reached 25,000,000 in 2015. There were 7,611,000 in Nigeria, 4,099,645 in Guinea, 2,567,664 in Mali, 1,639,052 in Burkina Faso, 1,211,509 in Niger, 800,523 in Ghana, 700,000 in Cameroon, 501,360 in Guinea-Bissau, 128,000 in Chad, and 90,000 in Sudan, speaking Fula, Arabic, English, and French and practicing Islam.